title: Comparability in coronary artery calcium scores on CT scan between two community-based cohort studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan. Electronic address: afujiy@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujiyoshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edmundowicz
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Budoff
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Kiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan; Lifestyle-Related Disease Prevention Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueshima
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods